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Book Review: The Nightmare Garden
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Nightmare Garden * Series: Iron Codex (Book 2) Author: Caitlin Kittredge Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 432 Release Date: February 14, 2012 Source: NetGalley ——————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence/Language ——————————————— HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who devoured the first book and were eagerly awaiting the next! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Everything Aoife thought she knew about the world was a lie. There is no Necrovirus. And Aoife isn’t going to succumb to madness because…
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Book Review: Slipping Reality
Media Type: Ebook Title: Slipping Reality Author: Emily Beaver Publisher: Authorhouse Pages: Paperback; 272 Release Date: July 11, 2011 Source: JKSCommunications ———————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of note ———————————– HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good story about dealing with grief and loss. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N In a time of hardship and heartbreak, sometimes, reality just isn’t enough. Slipping Reality is the story of fourteen-year-old Katelyn Emerson, who, when faced with the glaring reality of her brother’s illness, rebels against the truth…
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Spreading some bookish love!
It’s Valentine’s Day! That time to spread the love, good vibes, and all around squishy feelings. Now, since I’m a bibliophile, I can’t think of a better way to spread love than in bookish form. Below are four very different books, each one dealing with that age old quest for love. All were read in 2011, and still are my favorites. These missed a lot of the limelight, so consider this your notice! These are FABULOUS. Practice Cake by Dalya Moon is one of my all time favorite hidden gems! Maddie is so sure she’s ready for love, and her smoldering…
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Emily M. Danforth shares her favorite moments from The Miseducation of Cameron Post
I had a very good time creating and inhabiting and utilizing the character of Grandma Post. In fact, I came to love her scenes so much that she eventually emerged on the page much more fully than I’d probably originally intended. Now that I’ve been done writing about her for quite awhile I actually miss her sometimes. That probably sounds strange, but it’s true. And so, in her honor, I give you: The Top Ten (Funny/Awkward/Old Fashioned/Endearing) Bits of Dialogue from Grandma Post When Cameron Post’s parents die suddenly in a car crash, her shocking first thought is relief. Relief…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (Feb 13)
Once again, a huge THANK YOU to Book Journey for hosting! Click the button to join in. Another great week of reading! I’m back into the reading groove, and so I’m actually a little bit ahead of what I thought I’d be this week. This makes me a happy bookworm. This Week’s Reviews: Draykon by Charlotte E. English (4/5) – Stunning world building and great characters! Phantom Universe by Laura Kreitzer (3/5) – Solid characters with a pretty well written story. Forsaken Harbor by Laura Kreitzer (4/5) – Fabulous writing with the same great characters! Also Read: The Nightmare Garden (4/5) – Review…
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Interviewing Laura Kreitzer!
A huge thank you to both Revolution Publishing and Laura Kreitzer for providing this original content! 1) Out of all the characters that you’ve written, which one would you say is your favorite? That’s like asking who’s my favorite child! Ah. Can I cheat and pick one from each series? I’m not going to pick my main characters Gabriella or Summer, because it’s obvious I adore them or they wouldn’t be my MCs. In the Summer Chronicles, so far, I have to say my favorite character is Julian. When I first started writing the series, I didn’t know how I…
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Book Review: Forsaken Harbor
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Forsaken Harbor Author: Laura Kreitzer Publisher: Revolution Publishing Inc. Pages: Ebook; 228 Release Date: February 15, 2012 Source: Publisher ————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Violence; Mild Language ————————————– HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoyed the first in the series, and also readers who crave a good action-packed read! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / B&N The Secret Clock Society has infiltrated every aspect of the government. You can’t hide from them, you can’t out run them—the only choice is to surrender or die fighting. Well,…
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Book Review: Phantom Universe
Media Type: Ebook Title: Phantom Universe Author: Laura Kreitzer Publisher: Revolution Press Pages: Ebook; 228 Release Date: February 3, 2011 Source: Purchased at B&N ————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Violence ————————————— HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are comfortable with the concepts of slavery and torture. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Sold into slavery to pirates at the young age of four, Summer learns to survive the rough seas of subterfuge and thieves through silence. When the boat she’s lived on most of her life is destroyed,…
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World-Building: Guest Post and Giveaway with Charlotte E. English
Special thanks to Charlotte for providing the guest post below, as well as the giveaway! On Fantasy World-Building I’ve been a lifelong fan of fantasy fiction. Perhaps that isn’t saying much given that I’ve yet to reach my thirtieth year, but nonetheless I’ve read an awful lot of it. I still love it and read it very regularly, but there are some things about the genre that I stopped loving some time ago. The biggest of those is traditional fantasy world-building. “Traditional” fantasy books are usually inspired by Tolkien, to a greater or a lesser extent, and tend to feature…
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Book Review: Draykon
Media Type: Ebook Title: Draykon (Draykon #1) Author: Charlotte E. English Publisher: Self-published Pages: Kindle; 314 Release Date: August 31, 2011 Source: Author ———————————— Genre: Mystery/Fantasy HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy well written fantasy, coupled with a quick moving mystery. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N When shy and retiring Llandry Sanfaer discovers a mesmerising new gemstone, she suddenly becomes the most famous jeweller across the Seven Realms. Demand for the coveted stone escalates fast; when people begin dying for it, Llandry finds that she herself has become a target.…